Sgt.Squarehead
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20 hours ago, M3talpig said:
This pic was taken at Aberdeen USA of 712 (the earliest known Tiger one still in existence) and this is period colour image not a b&w recolour.....this is also before she was cut up for the school and pre any kind of restoration work..it not only shows the turret numbers are not red with white outlines (for years it was thought that they were red) but it shows the tropen scheme quite well albeit very faded.
I built that one, based on an another, presumably later 'post-restoration' image, the green appeared much deeper & bluer (closer to a Russian base colour) in the image I worked from.....Most of the hull fittings were missing, as were the 'skirts'.
I used the Revel 1/72 Ausf.H for my build.....It may or may not make @echen feel better to know that the tracks were a bloody nightmare (hence me having all those spares).....Have a feeling I may join this thread with a Revell/Dragon kit-bash, see if I can conquer those bloody awful tracks once & for all.
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Man was one hell of a performer.....I worked at one of his shows in the UK (sadly the rest of the tour was cancelled) at the end of the nineties and it was really, really good fun, especially 'Flying The Bat'!
Truly an amazing showman.
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On 1/20/2022 at 2:47 PM, echen said:
I know the one you mean - it is Revells T90 to which Uncle Nightshift took exception.
He made a good job of it tho'.
He seems to be very upset about very little.....Maybe he should try building the ACE T-90?
Sympathise slightly with his comments about the non-bendy tracks.....L&L would have been a better bet. I absolutely sympathise with his comments about Revell's instructions, but they are very far from the only culprit.
He does a fine job of adding scratch-built detail, but there's plenty of aftermarket options (ie: every single item he complains about, including the bolts) for those without his obvious expertise, skill & patience (I love the texturing on the skirts).
His comments about S-Model's tracks seem very out of place as they are usually by far the weakest features of those kits.....This is what they did for their Panther:
Here's their M3A3 Stuart:
Quality stuff!
AFAIK they've made one vaguely decent set of tracks, for their Type 99:
Nice(ish) tracks, but the rest of the kit is wrong (or redundant as a Type-99 at least, it's an older prototype).
He also sings the praises of Trumpeter, another Chinese company who managed to get their own Type-99A even more wrong than S-Model did (S-Model is a mostly accurate model of largely non-existent vehicle and Trumpeter's is an utterly horrendous rendition of the actual production variant)!
I could go on (& on & on & on).
PS - So I will:
Trumpeter managed to put the ammo feed of the DShK on their IS-3 on the wrong side of the gun!
The turret hatches of their Shermans look more like ballistic missile launch silos.
Their FAMO, one of the few truly magnificent kits in their 1/72 range, came with instructions that ensured 8 out of 10 modellers messed up the front suspension and with indy-link tracks (ie: just links, no lengths), but apparently it was deemed equally suitable for children as Revell's T-90A.
Then there's Trumpeter's box-art for their current 1/72 kits, which invariably features a photograph of a nicely built and well painted example of their 1/35 kit.
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On 1/6/2022 at 1:31 PM, echen said:
Battling on with the 1/72 Revell Tiger I E.
In order to follow @Sgt.Squarehead's link & length track fitting process I slightly enlarged the axle holes on the wheels and for the sprocket/idler so they are easily movable
However, todays efforts have provoked some suspicions:
1. Somebody put the sprocket together wrong or the moulding is wonky; the sprocket teeth are not offset far enough.
2. Somebody's remedy for the indy links is a bit on the flawed side.
3. Revells's destructions are not entirely accurate.
The indy links won't line up properly with the sprocket drive teeth.
There is no way that the prescribed 6 indy links stuck to the sprocket are going to be enough for the tracks round the underside of the sprocket to point anywhere near the leading roadwheel.
Likewise the short section specified for the top of the sprocket to the first road wheel is a bit on the short side too.
Looks to me like at least another 4 will be needed.
Looks like I might need to:
1. Remove the indy links and the sprocket teeth and replace them with parts 19A, foregoing the links on the turret.
2 Run the long track length from the sprocket, bending as appropriate for the sag and using the 2 short lengths to run to the idler.
Just attempted option 1. - this is not going to happen without serious risk to the sprocket rim. Mr Cement S has set really well and the indy links are there for good!
The RHS will, hopefully benefit from lessons learn from the LHS!
To be continued.
Ow wow.....You really couldn't have picked a more difficult kit to try this with, as it appears you have discovered. It looks like you are on the right track (excuse the pun), but it's going to be a challenge!
As it appears that I am largely responsible for getting you into this project, please be assured that I have your back (15 sets of track & 10 sets of wheels are at your diposal & on standby for immediate deployment).
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On 12/22/2021 at 4:07 PM, echen said:
I've got a load of IBG, Revell, Academy and even H*s*g*wa to put together so, why, I ask myself, am I bothering with this garbage?
I do exactly the same.....I have countless wonderful Heller & Dragon 1/72 Shermans.
Which ones do I actually build?
Unimodel, Italeri, Extratech & Trumpeter.
IMHO it's a combination of the challenge of making something better than it probably should be and the risk of doing a less than perfect job on a kit that deserves better.....I don't much care if I mess up kits that were poor to start with.
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On 12/16/2021 at 12:09 PM, Orso said:
The ET-002 set (http://www.etmodeller.com/product/277979829) seems to be made for the old Matchbox (later Revell) 2A5 kit so it has many parts to correct the kit and not needed on the newer 2A6 kit.
I would take a look at what ET-models made for the Dragon 2A6 kit (http://www.etmodeller.com/product/277980019) and see what details from the 2A5 set that might be used and then check if they will fit on the 2A6 kit. I would think that you can dismiss the frontal turret armour and hull hatches. But as the old 2A5 kit and the new 2A6 kits from Revell doesn't share any parts be prepared that parts might not fit from the etch set.
Hi Bjorn.....I didn't realise you were a member here. Very glad that you are.
All the best
Andy S.
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That ET Models etch looks very nice:
http://www.etmodeller.com/product/277979829
It was made for Revell 03105, which is a much older kit based on the ancient, but reasonably accurate Matcbox Leopard 2A4, with the addition a new turret sprue:
https://www.onthewaymodels.com/reviews/RevellAG/Leopard2A5prev.htm
Your kit 03180 is a 2011 new tool, much more detailed than its predecessor:
Not confident how well the parts will fit, but at least some of the smaller items should be useable.
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These really are very cool.
Iit's a bit of a shame that they didn't go to more effort to integrate figure and base (as Zvezda have with their 'Art of Tactic' range), but they still make a very striking set...What's the game like to play?
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For a bit of inspiration, here's an experienced brailler 'going to town' on another Strelets 1/72 artillery piece:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missinglynx/8-inch-mk-ll-howitzer-t329870.html
It can be done.
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IIRC Revell did more than one kit of both the 2A5 and the 2A6 and there were various etch sets for both.....A bit more info is needed (kit # & etch set #).
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Love your flag bases, but I reckon they'd look even better painted black around the edges.
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The absence of decent Challenger 2 & Warrior kits in 1/72 is a continued irritation.
Wonder if Takom might follow up on their Chieftains? Hope so!
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Imagine.....Four gonks with pintle-mounts jointly supporting a cross shaped platform, that in turn supports a pintle-mounted blaster of starship scale (& several Jawas).
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Double-Plus-Gonktastic!
There's something wonderfully 'pantomime-horse' about the pose of the double-gonk.....It really suits it.
On 11/10/2021 at 7:50 PM, Andy Moore said:Just a quick sketch I knocked up.
Blimey!
On 11/10/2021 at 7:50 PM, Andy Moore said:Making the guns bigger won't be a problem
I was originally thinking of a whopping double-barreled blaster pintled off the Gonk, with a seat hanging off the back, so that the gunnery Jawa swings around with it.
Of course @Pete in Lincs suggestion of an MRL Light-Artillery Gonk is also extremely cool, although I feel it would need a few more tubes or maybe a (Hell-Cannon style) barrel-bomb?
Perhaps you should do both!
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On 10/2/2018 at 9:10 AM, Will Vale said:
The 6W truck probably isn't going to get used for Gaslands, I think It would suit a re-scale and some dressing to make It into a Judge Dredd-style Roadliner. There's a little cupboard door behind the cab that could be used to establish human scale and make it massive, especially with a wee etched ladder underneath.
Do it!
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I don't use Twitter.
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@Will Vale Dude.....Surely now is the time?
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5 hours ago, Ratch said:
Yes, they represent the size of the regiment(s)/battalion(s)
Had a feeling that would be the case.....Filling the undersides with plaster or similar might help to steady them.
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Are the bases integrated into the rules (footage etc.)?
If not, maybe think about basing your figures on 1p & 2p pieces.....They're the cheapest bases you can get and all that weight at the bottom helps preserve your figures as they don't fall over.
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@Enzo Matrix Would it be possible to move this thread somewhere a bit more current please.....Still want to blow up the world, but there was a short delay!
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9 hours ago, Andy Moore said:
You see, it's this kind of madness that I feel my builds on BM have been lacking of late. Thankfully, we can always rely on you to turn up in the nick of time with a suitable helping of lunacy.
Yes, I think a Gonk technical will have to happen.
Something like this maybe...
Andy
Where in the name of the almighty did you find that?
Gun's too small though!
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13 minutes ago, Will Vale said:
@Sgt.Squarehead I found someone who'd put the 1/72 Shinkai on the Aoshima 1/76 Type 73 trailer, and that looks similar-but-different - note the transporter trailer has the right shaped wheel arches, but is cut off at an angle to accomodate the ramp. It feels like it probably has bigger wheels too.
That is exactly what I was going to do (The Type 73 Transporter is 1/72, as is all of Aoshima's modern military stuff, it's Fujimi who can't make up their mind which scale they want to work in)!
My plan was to cut off the end of the existing bed and replace it with a flat extension to closer match the picture.....There's a mesh panel on the transporter, just ahead of the angle, but I can't see anything resembling it on any of these pictures, indeed all of the trailers here look rather simpler than the transporter.
Thanks for your advice with the search term, the English approximation didn't get me very far at all.
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You too Richard.
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K-Wagen 1/72 scratch build
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Same here.